The Clothes: Rebecca Minkoff’s vision for spring is sporty and flirty all at once, with a subtle nod to the 1970s. There was no shortage of prints–think saturated florals and boho prints in indigo and red, all contrasted with plenty of starchy whites. Nostalgia came through in the form of fringed hems and flared pants. Read more →
Sometimes the best things we see during fashion week happen far away from the runway.
Today we took in Day 2 of NYFW and snapped street style stars Taylor Tomasi Hill, Miroslava Duma, and Elena Perminova doing their thing–we even shot Bill Cunningham. We gawked at iconic models Iman and Carolyn Murphy, and swooned over the best beauty looks at Jason Wu, SUNO, and Rebecca Minkoff. Cuties Anna-Sophia Robb and Lauren Conrad popped up, too.
It’s baaaack. Like it or not, Fashion’s Night Out keeps chugging along–and the official website for the globally expanding shopping extravaganza, now in its fourth year, is up and running. As has become the norm for FNO (or what is more accurately a boozy Halloween for shopping enthusiasts), come September 6, stores across NYC and Read more →
Grimes, Sky Ferreira and Charli XCX are wearing Givenchy on the cover of the fall issue of V magazine. {Fashin}
Between multiple collections a year, beauty and perfume launches, and producing fashion shows, we don’t blame designers for wanting to take a little time off. Click through to find out where designers like Rebecca Minkoff and Steven Alan are spending their vacation days. {Forbes}
YouTube makeup artist Lauren Luke stars in a disturbingly convincing mock tutorial for disguising domestic violence-induced bruising–a PSA for her new anti-DV campaign called “Don’t Cover It Up.” {HuffPo}
Get the low-down on the world’s most famous high-fashion houses with this mini fashion history lesson. {Refinery 29}
The ManRepeller got married last night, proving that she isn’t actually repellant to the opposite sex, despite her best efforts. (Although the WSJ‘s Elizabeth Holmes helpfully tweeted these words of wisdom: “…And trust me, one’s ability to man repel only increases with marriage, @ManRepeller.”) She tied the knot last night (her guy still remains nameless Read more →
It’s CFDA Awards day! The Met Ball may be a fashion spectacle of epic proportions, but the CFDA awards is really about the people that make the fashion (and their hot model dates). All kidding aside, it’s a day for the industry to come together and celebrate itself and the creations of its members. Oh, Read more →
Believe it or not, there was a little glamour to be found outside of Cannes this week. Rachel Bilson made a welcome return to the red carpet at The CW upfronts in Chanel (and, yes, Heart of Dixie has been picked up for a second season). Kristen Stewart has been looking good, if painfully awkward Read more →
Fashion month is over, and that means we’re hunting for trends. Remember New York fashion week, way back when? Brocade was everywhere. It’s a more refined answer to the very popular prints we’ve been seeing, and designers aren’t holding back their enthusiasm for the fabric (and neither are we).
We’ve made it through the end of day three! Check out Rebecca Minkoff, whose show was littered with celebs, Charlotte Ronson‘s cool duds, Rebecca Taylor‘s new downtown look and Billy Reid‘s first ever runway show. All that and more on our New York Fashion Week page. And of course keep your eyes glued to this Read more →
Rebecca Minkoff is best known for the ubiquitous Morning After bags loved by frisky coeds and finicky editors, alike, but at yesterday’s show, it was hard to stay focused on the accessories.
A celeb-dotted front row featured Nikki Reed and her American Idol hubby, Paul Macdonald, a chatty Abigail Breslin (“I used to be really obsessed with the 80′s, you know, like, arm warmers,” she enthused), Olivia Palermo, Kristin Chenoweth and Blue Bloods starlet, Sami Gayle.
Sex and the City Perfume Exists: And it is the fragrance most confiscated by customs officers. Of 138 commercial perfume shipments the Customs and Border Protection’s Intellectual Property Rights “National Targeting and Analysis Group” monitored in Los Angeles, 52 were busted for the phony SATC scent. Who knew? {WWD subscription required}
Andrej Pejic Was on a Roof in New York: The gorgeous model was spotted shooting with photographer Sebastien Micke for an unknown project. One of the outfits is a very skimpy bandage-style bathing suit. So stunning that it makes us want to stop complaining about having small boobs. {Telegraph UK}
Liv Tyler to Sing INXS Song for Givenchy: The actress will do a sultry rendition of ’80s rock band INXS’s “Need You Tonight,” for the launch of the Very Irrésistible Givenchy Electric Rose fragrance. {WWD subscription required}
